The St Helens community has united in an outpouring of grief after the death of four-year-old Violet-Grace Youens.

Thousands of people have spoken out over her death, demanding the men responsible hand themselves in, and hundreds of flowers and teddy bears have been left at the spot where the youngster was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Friday.

Today police announced a 27-year-old man, from St Helens, had been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving while another man, 23, who officers say was not in the car at the time of the crash, was arrested on suspicion of travelling in a stolen vehicle.

A third man is also involved and detectives today said he “fled the country within hours” of the incident and remains on the run.

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Violet-Grace was crossing Prescot Road, St Helens, with her nan Angela French, 55, who remains in hospital in a “serious but stable condition” when they were hit by a black Ford Fiesta, suspected to be stolen.

Violet-Grace Youens

A stretch of Prescot Road, close to the Laurel Villa Dental Practice, has since been covered in flowers, teddy bears and messages as a memorial to the four-year-old.